women and poverty
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Women in the U.S. currently earn only 77 cents for every $1 earned by a man,according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. In the developing world, the
ratio is just 73 cents, according to World Bank estimates. At the rate the wage gap is closing, women in the US will not see equal earnings until 2050. The disparity is even greater for women of color: African-American women make 63 cents and Latinas make only 52 cents for every dollar of white male earnings. Women account for 68.4% of minimum-wage workers in the US, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007.

Education and Worship Resources

Women and Poverty Fact Sheet, from the Womens Funding Network [PDF]

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Programs and Organizations

Women's Ministries of the National Council of Churches http://www.ncccusa.org/womensministry/index.html

Women's Funding Network http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/

Coalition on Human Needs www.chn.org
A coalition of service providers, faith groups, and labor organizations that advocates on the federal budget. Sign up for their email alerts here: www.chn.org

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